The airplanes land on Nánjīng Lùkǒu International Airport, 南京禄口国际机场.
The official taxi stand is outside the airport door. Those who talk to you in the airport are not official, and will not give you the proper receipt.
Ask the driver to go to the Sìpáilóu campus of Southeast University. The campus has three gates:
The taxi fare is 140-190 yuan (20-27 USD), depending on the traffic and time of the day. The driver may ask you 10 yuan for a highway ticket along the way. Before getting off, ask the driver to give a receipt (in addition to the highway ticket) if necessary.
请送我到东南大学四牌楼校区南门。请记得给我发票。
The metro working hours are roughly 06:00 - 22:00 (later in the city center). If you buy a ticket by cash, the machine only accepts coins, 5 RMB and 10 RMB bills.
We do not recommend this method unless you are confident, and the flight arrives after 22:00 when the metro is closed. Around the international terminal, look for a ticket center of shuttle bus going to the city center (南京禄口国际机场大巴). Usually foreigners can buy a ticket from the ticket counter. The buys Line 1 (1号线城东线) brings you to Nanjing railway station (南京火车站) via Xīhuámén (西华门). You need to take another taxi from these stops. The distance from Xihuamen (西华门) to Sipailou is around 3km, or 50 minutes by walk. The bus costs 20 yuan (3 USD), and taxi costs around 20 yuan.
The high-speed railway stops either at Nánjīng (North) Railway
station, 南京站 or
Nánjīng South Railway station, 南京南站.